Forms of astonishment: Greek myths of metamorphosis
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Main Author: Buxton, R. G. A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2009
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-268) and index
List of Illustrations; Translations and Transliterations; Abbreviations; Introduction; I. NARRATIVES AND THEIR CONTEXTS; II. THE LOGIC OF TRANSFORMATION; Bibliography; Index
Forms of Astonishment sets out to interpret a number of Greek myths about the transformations of humans and gods. Such tales have become familiar in their Ovidian dress, as in the best-selling translation by Ted Hughes; Richard Buxton explores their Greek antecedents. One pressing question which often occurs to the reader of these tales is: Did the Greeks take them seriously? Buxton repeatedly engages with this topic, and attempts to answer it context by context and authorby author. His book raises issues relevant to an understanding of broad aspects of Greek culture (e.g. how 'strange' were G.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 281 pages)
ISBN:0191554162
9780191554162

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